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Ali'i Registry
Kings, Queens & Chiefs
The full registry of Hawaiian ali'i — kings, queens, and high chiefs of the Kingdom. Their lineages, reigns, and stories told on our own terms.
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God Registry
Hawaiian Cosmology & Deities
Deep-dive profiles of every Hawaiian god and goddess — from Kāne and Kū to Pele, Māui, Lono, and the full pantheon of the sacred cosmology.
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The Kumulipo
The Hawaiian Creation Chant
2,102 lines. 16 epochs. The most comprehensive creation chant in human history — translated by Queen Liliʻuokalani from her prison in ʻIolani Palace.
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Hawaiian Islands
All Islands & Ahupuaʻa
Every Hawaiian island — from the main chain to the Northwestern islands. All Ahupuaʻa land divisions named and mapped, including the sacred mountains.
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Heiau & Sacred Sites
Hawaiian Temples
Every major heiau (Hawaiian temple) on every island — their history, purpose, and location. The sacred geography of the Kingdom mapped and documented.
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Hawaiian Translator
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Type any English word or phrase and receive the Hawaiian translation, pronunciation guide, word-by-word breakdown, and full cultural context.
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Interactive Map
Sacred Geography of Hawaiʻi
An interactive satellite map of all Hawaiian islands with clickable markers for heiau, ahupuaʻa boundaries, sacred mountains, and cultural sites.
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Additional sections of the Ali'i School are in development — genealogy courses, language lessons, and the full Hawaiian cultural curriculum.
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Kamehameha I
Ke Ali'i Nui — The Great Chief
The warrior king who united the Hawaiian Islands under a single sovereign rule — the first and only man to accomplish this in the history of the archipelago.
Queen Lili'uokalani
The Last Sovereign Monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom
The last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom — a composer, poet, and sovereign who refused to shed the blood of her people even as her throne was stolen from her.
Māui
The Demigod — Trickster, Fisher, Fire-Bringer
The great demigod of Polynesia — the trickster who fished up islands from the sea, lassoed the sun to slow its passage, and stole fire from the underworld for humanity.
Pele
Goddess of Volcanoes — She Who Shapes the Sacred Land
The volcano goddess who created the Hawaiian Islands with her body — her tears are lava, her hair is volcanic glass, and the land itself is her living flesh.
The Kumulipo
The Hawaiian Creation Chant — 2,102 Lines of Sacred Genealogy
The great creation chant of the Hawaiian people — a 2,102-line genealogical epic that traces the origin of all life from the primordial darkness to the birth of the Hawaiian ali'i.
Hi'iaka
Pele's Beloved Sister — Healer, Poet, Warrior
Pele's youngest and most beloved sister — a healer, poet, and warrior whose epic journey across the Hawaiian Islands is the longest and most complex narrative in all of Hawaiian oral literature.
The Overthrow of 1893
The Illegal Seizure of the Hawaiian Kingdom
On January 17, 1893, a group of American businessmen backed by U.S. Marines overthrew the sovereign government of the Hawaiian Kingdom — an act the United States Congress formally acknowledged as illegal 100 years later.
Kalo — The Sacred Taro
The Elder Sibling of the Hawaiian People
In Hawaiian cosmology, the taro plant is not a crop — it is the elder sibling of the Hawaiian people, born from the same divine parents, carrying the same sacred lineage.
Hula — The Living Archive
The Body as Library, the Dance as Law
Hula is not performance — it is testimony. The body is the library. Every movement encodes history, genealogy, and law. Hula is the most sophisticated oral archive system ever created.
Aloha 'Āina
Love of the Land — The Spirit of Hawaiian Sovereignty
Aloha 'Āina — love of the land — is not a slogan. It is the foundational political philosophy of the Hawaiian people: the belief that the land is not property to be owned, but a living ancestor to be cared for.
Hale Kapu Mo'olelo a Ali'i Ana
Royal Registry
The complete archive of Hawaiian ali'i — kings, queens, high chiefs, and sacred chiefesses whose lineages form the foundation of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Each entry contains a full educational biography researched from historical records, oral traditions, and scholarly sources.
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Kamehameha I
King of the Hawaiian Kingdom
c. 1736 – 1819
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Kamehameha II
King of the Hawaiian Kingdom
1797 – 1824
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Kamehameha III
King of the Hawaiian Kingdom
1814 – 1854
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Kamehameha IV
Fourth king of the Hawaiian Kingdom
1834 – 1863
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Kamehameha V
King of the Hawaiian Kingdom
1830 – 1872
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King Lunalilo
King of the Hawaiian Kingdom
1835 – 1874
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David Laʻamea Kamanakapuʻu Māhinulani Nālaʻiaʻehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua, King of the Hawaiian Kingdom
King of the Hawaiian Kingdom
1836 – 1891
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Queen Liliʻuokalani
Last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom
1838 – 1917
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Queen Kaʻahumanu
Queen Consort, Kuhina Nui, and Queen Regent of the Hawaiian Kingdom
1768 – 1832
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Queen Kalākua Kaheiheimālie
Queen Consort of the Hawaiian Kingdom, High Chiefess, Governor of Maui
c. 1778 – 1842
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Princess Kalani Ahumanu i Kaliko o Iwi Kauhipua o Kīnaʻu
Kuhina Nui of Hawaii
c. 1805 – 1839
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Miriam Auhea Kalani Kui Kawakiu o Kekāuluohi Kealiʻiuhiwaihanau o Kalani Makahonua Ahilapalapa Kai Wikapu o Kaleilei a Kalakua
Kuhina Nui of Hawaii, High Chiefess of the Kingdom
1794 – 1845
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Keoni Ana
Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Islands and Minister of Interior
1810 – 1857
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Nāhiʻenaʻena
Princess of the Hawaiian Kingdom
c. 1815 – 1837
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Princess Victoria Kamāmalu Kaʻahumanu IV
Kuhina Nui of Hawaii, Crown Princess of the Hawaiian Islands
1838 – 1866
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Princess Ruth Keʻelikōlani
High chiefess, Governor of the Island of Hawaiʻi
1826 – 1883
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Bernice Pauahi Pākī Bishop
Aliʻi (Noble) of the Royal Family of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Philanthropist, Founder of Kamehameha Schools
1831 – 1884
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Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi Crowningburg Kamai
High Chiefess (aliʻi)
c. 1839 – 1899
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Moses Kekūāiwa
Prince of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Prospective Governor of Kauaʻi
1829 – 1848
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His Royal Highness Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku II
Prince of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Regent
1855 – 1877
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Prince Albert Edward Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa a Kamehameha, Crown Prince of Hawaii
Crown Prince of the Hawaiian Kingdom
1858 – 1862
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Princess Abigail Maheha
Hawaiian aliʻi princess
1832 – 1861
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Miriam Kalākua Kaheiheimālie Hoapili-Wahine
High Chiefess, Queen Consort of Hawaiian Islands, Governor of Maui
c. 1778 – 1842
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High Chiefess Kalola Pupuka-o-Honokawailani
High Chiefess of Maui
c. 1735 – 1790
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Queen Kapiʻolani
Queen consort of the Hawaiian Kingdom
1834 – 1899
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Princess Miriam Likelike
Princess of the Hawaiian Kingdom
1851 – 1887
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Princess Victoria Kaʻiulani — Crown Princess of Hawaii, last heir apparent to the Hawaiian throne
Crown Princess of Hawaii, last heir apparent to the Hawaiian throne
1875 – 1899
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Prince David Laʻamea Kahalepouli Kinoiki Kawānanakoa
Prince of the Hawaiian Kingdom
1868 – 1908
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Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole
Prince of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Delegate to U.S. Congress
1871 – 1922
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Prince Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui
Prince of the Hawaiian Kingdom
1869 – 1887
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Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku II
Prince of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Heir Apparent, Regent
1855 – 1877
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High Chief James Kaliokalani
High Chief of the Hawaiian Kingdom
1835 – 1852
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Virginia Kapoʻoloku Poʻomaikelani
Princess of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Governor of Hawaiʻi Island
1839 – 1895
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Miriam Likelike Kekāuluohi Keahelapalapa Kapili
Princess of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Governor of the Island of Hawaii
1851 – 1887
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Princess Theresa Owana Kaʻōhelelani Laʻanui
Hawaiian ali'i princess
1860 – 1944
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Princess Victoria Kaʻiulani Kawēkiu i Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Cleghorn
Crown Princess of the Hawaiian Kingdom
1875 – 1899
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Prince David Klaren Laʻamea Kaumualiʻi Kawānanakoa
Iku Hoʻano (First Vice Regent) of the Kumuʻahakalani (Supreme Council) of the Hale O Na Aliʻi o Hawaiʻi
1952 – 2025
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Princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa
Princess of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Royal Claimant
1926 – 2022
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Keōua Kalanikupuapaʻīkalaninui Ahilapalapa
High Chief of Kona and Kohala, Father of Kamehameha I
c. 1750s – c. 1760s
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Kekaulike Kalani-nui-Kui-Hono-i-Kamoku
High Chief of Maui
c. 1700 – 1736
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Kahekili II
Last independent ruling chief of Maui
c. 1737 – 1794
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Kalanikūpule — Aliʻi nui of Maui and King of Oʻahu
Aliʻi nui of Maui and King of Oʻahu
c. 1760 – 1795
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Kaumualiʻi
Last independent Aliʻi nui of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau
c. 1778 – 1824
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Kūaliʻi Kunuiakea Kuikealaikauaokalani, High chief of Oʻahu
High chief of Oʻahu
c. 1655 – 1730
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Alapaʻinuiakauaua
Aliʻi nui of Hawaiʻi Island
c. 1700 – 1754
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Kalaninuiʻīamamao
Prince of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, Aliʻi Nui of Kaʻū
c. 1700 – c. 1735
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Kekaulike Kalaninui Kui Hono I Kamoku
King (Moʻi) of Maui
c. 1700 – 1736
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Kalanikauleleiaiwi
High Chiefess of Hawaii
c. 1680 – 1730
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Kamakaʻīmoku
High Chiefess
c. 1705 – 1812
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Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku
Aliʻi Aimoku of Hawaiʻi Island
c. 1660 – c. 1725
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High Chiefess Kapiʻolani
High Chiefess of Kaʻū and South Kona
c. 1781 – 1841
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